关于2008奥运会英语阅读理解

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IamgladthattheBeijingOlympicOrganisingCommitteedidnotpicksomecutesyanimalormascot(likeaPanda)forthe2008games.Yes,theOlympicgamesaresupposetobefunbutitsalsoaserioussportingevent,notacarnival.Atfirstglance,thelogolookslikeasimply-drawnrunningmanbutacloserlookrevealsitshiddencalligraphy(itsortoflookslikethe'jing'orcitycharacterwritteninChinese).Plusitsshape(likeastone)hasanancientqualitytoit.Overall,anicelogoinmyhumbleopinion.

Yes,Ilikeitverymuch.IalsothinkthatitlookslikeapersonalstampthatChineseartistsusetoimprint(similarassigningbytheartistsfromtheWest)ontheirpaintings.Asothershavestated.Itcombinesseveralthingsintoonesimpleyetcomplexsymbol.It'ssimplethatachildcaneasilydrawthis,whetherhe/sheknowsChinesecharacterornot.It'scomplex(arunningmanwhichrepresentsanathlete,redcolourandstonerepresentsChineseculture,italsoshapedasapersonalstamp,andtheChinesecharacterJing=”city”,isBeijing,orinancienttime,thiscitycharacterhasacapitalsense,as“Jingdu”ratherjustanycity)andbecauseit'skindofhavingamini-storybuilt-in,whichadultswillfinditinterestingtoexplaintotheirchildrenortellthemasashortstory.

Genius!!!

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NoonedeliversspectaclethesedayslikeZhangYimou.Thedirector'sfilmandoperacareershaveclearlytrainedhimwellindealingwithmassiveensemblesofcostumedperformers,resultinginashowthesheerscaleandbeautyofwhichtheworldmayneverseeagain.

Butwhatatravestytohavesuchapageantunderminedbybizarreeditingandinanecommentators!WhynotletZhangintothecontrolboothtooverseethecameraangles,insteadoflettingtheNBCamateurskeeppanninguptothedigitalscrimabovethestadiumandawayfromthe2008dancersbelow?

HavewelearnednothingfromBusbyBerkeley?Insteadofshowingcloseupsoftheperformers,giveusthegod's-eye-viewofthings,sowecanappreciatethechoreography--thewayitwasintendedtobeseenbythoseinthestadium.Thescriptedcommentaryrevealsthatthenetworkhadaccesstodressrehearsals,sowhatexcusedotheyhavefornotknowingwhichcameraangleswouldbestrepresenttheshow?

AndBobCostas?Musteveryculturalobservationbefollowedbyawitlessremark?Take,forinstance,themomentinwhichconversationturnedtothedancers'subtlehandmovements.Costasquips,SoyouorderaBigMacandfriesandtheygiveittoyouwithconspicuouselegance?Thankyou,Bob,forunderminingmillenniaofculturebyremindingusofwhatAmericacontributestotheinternationalequation.

ThiswasChina'smoment--bravo!Here'shopingsomeoneproducesaproperdocumentaryoftheevent,withbetterfootageandlesschatter.